síoda

See also: sìoda

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish síta (whence Manx sheeidey, Scottish Gaelic sìoda),[1] from Old English sīde (whence also Welsh sidan), from Latin saeta (“bristle”).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃiːd̪ˠə/[3]

Noun

síoda m (genitive singular síoda, nominative plural síodaí)

  1. silk

Declension

Declension of síoda (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative síoda síodaí
vocative a shíoda a shíodaí
genitive síoda síodaí
dative síoda síodaí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an síoda na síodaí
genitive an tsíoda na síodaí
dative leis an síoda
don síoda 		leis na síodaí

Derived terms

  • ceannaí síoda (“silk-mercer”)
  • éadach síoda (“silk cloth”)
  • flas-síoda (“floss silk”)
  • lus síoda (“ragged robin”)
  • páipéar síoda (“tissue-paper”)
  • saothrú síoda (“seri-culture”)
  • síod-drúcht (“light dew”)
  • síoda damascach (“damask silk”)
  • síoda móna (“cotton-grass”)
  • síoda scáileach (“shot silk”)
  • síodchlúdaithe (“silk-covered”, adjective)
  • síodóg (“suave, soft-spoken, woman; smooth-tongued person”)
  • síodúil (“silky; suave, smooth, urbane; gentle, courteous”, adjective)
  • snáithe síoda (“silk thread”)
  • síodúlacht f (“silkiness; suavity, urbanity; gentleness, courteousness”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of síoda
radical lenition eclipsis
síoda shíoda
after an, tsíoda 		not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “síta”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Pedersen, Holger (1909), Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen [Comparative Grammar of the Celtic Languages] (in German), volume I, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, § 129.2, page 209
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 74, page 39

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “síoda”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 1034; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “síoda”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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